MBX (formerly Memebox) is a multi-brand beauty and personal care startup headquartered in San Francisco. The venture-backed company has raised over $190M in funding from prominent investors, including Formation 8 & Group, Goodwater Capital, Johnson & Johnson, Pear VC, Y Combinator, and other Silicon Valley VCs. Memebox operates a portfolio of beauty and personal care brands that are co-developed with strategic partners like Sephora and Ulta, using data-driven insights to identify white space opportunities in the market. The company’s products are made in Korea, leveraging the latest K-beauty innovations in the formula, packaging, and speed-to-market. MBX has offices in San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, and Taipei, and its brands include Kaja, I Dew Care, Pony Effect, I’m Meme, and Nooni.
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Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Member count: 201-500
Total raised: $194.8M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 11
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Funding Rounds 5
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 24.01.2019 | Series D | $35M | - | finsmes.co... |
| 16.12.2016 | Series C | $60M | - | dealstreet... |
| 09.08.2016 | Series C | $69.95M | - | venturebea... |
| 13.03.2015 | - | $29.35M | - | finsmes.co... |
| 09.12.2013 | - | $500K | - | finsmes.co... |
Mentions in press and media 30
| Date | Title | Description | Category | Author | Source |
| 28.07.2020 | MBX Biosci... | Drug discovery startup MBX Bio... | - | - | pitchbook.... |
| 26.09.2019 | At the six... | Pear, a Palo Alto-based seed-s... | demo day, ... | Connie Loi... | techcrunch... |
| 28.01.2019 | Korean bea... | Premium Memebox, a Korean onl... | - | Chalida Ek... | dealstreet... |
| 25.01.2019 | Daily fund... | AirWorks Solutions raised $2.3... | - | Kristin Ka... | vator.tv/n... |
| 24.01.2019 | Memebox Cl... | Memebox, a San Francisco, CA-b... | USA | - | finsmes.co... |
| 19.06.2018 | Korean bea... | Beauty startup Memebox is rela... | beauty, e-... | Catherine ... | techcrunch... |
| 07.08.2017 | SparkLabs ... | Accelerator network SparkLabs ... | accelerato... | Catherine ... | techcrunch... |
| 18.12.2016 | Online Kor... | Memebox, a Y Combinator startu... | cosmetics,... | Jon Russel... | techcrunch... |
| 17.12.2016 | S Korean c... | Premium South Korean cosmetic... | - | Shiwen Yap | dealstreet... |
| 16.12.2016 | Memebox Ra... | Memebox, a San Francisco, CA-b... | USA | - | finsmes.co... |
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